Licensing Framework For Auction Of AWS Spectrum And The CRTC's Canwest Decision.

Since our recent communication on the framework for the auction of advanced wireless services (AWS) (see Canadian Government Sets Out Rules for Auction of Spectrum Licences, which is linked at the end of this document), two regulatory documents have been issued that are relevant for prospective bidders in the auction. First, Industry Canada (IC) issued ground rules for the auction (the Licensing Framework). Second, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC) approved, subject to certain amendments in the governance documents, the transfer of Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc.'s (AA) broadcasting companies to CanWest MediaWorks Inc. (CanWest). The AA/CanWest decision ma...

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